Parshat Naso

Questions:

Besides transporting the Mishkan, what other service performed by the leviim is referred to in this Parsha?

On which day did Moshe teach the command to send those who are temeim (ritually impure) out of the camp?

Name the three camps in the desert.

Who was sent out of each of the camps?

A person stole from another and swore that he was innocent. If he later confesses his guilt, what are his obligations?

Who determines which kohen receives the gifts that must be given to the kohanim?

What does the Torah promise a person who gives matnot kehuna?

Why are the verses about matnot kehuna followed by the verses about the sotah?

Why is the sotah given water from the holy basin?

What does the kohen do to the hair of a sotah?

When a sotah who is guilty of adultery drinks the water, she dies in a very specific fashion. What happens to the adulterer?

Before the name of G-d is erased, the sotah has the option either to admit guilt or to drink the water. Does she have a third option?

What are chartzanim? What are zagim?

What sin does a nazir commit against himself?

Where was the cut hair of a nazir placed?

A kohen should bless the people "with a full heart." What word in the Parsha conveys this idea of "a full heart?"

What is the meaning of the blessing, "May G-d bless you and guard you?"

What is the meaning of the blessing, "May G-d lift up His countenance upon you?"

The tribe of Yissachar was the second tribe to offer their gifts. Why did they merit this position?

Answers:

All references are to the verses and Rashi's commentary, unless otherwise stated

4:47-48 - It is the number of leviim between ages thirty and fifty.

4:47 - Singing and playing cymbals and harps to accompany the sacrifices.

5:2 - The day the Mishkan was erected.

5:2 - The camp of the Shechina was in the center, surrounded by the camp of Levi which was surrounded by the camp of Yisrael.

5:2 - A metzora was sent out of all three camps. A zav was permitted in the camp of Yisrael but excluded from the two inner camps. A person who was tamei from contact with the dead had to leave only the camp of the Shechina.

5:6-8 - He pays the principle plus a fifth to the victim, and brings a korban asham.

5:10 - The giver.

5:10 - Great wealth.

5:12 - To teach that someone who withholds the gifts due the kohanim is deserving of eventually bringing his wife to the kohanim to be tried as a sotah.

5:17 - The holy basin was made from the mirrors of the righteous women who left Egypt; the sotah strayed from the example set by these women.

5:18 - He uncovers it.

5:22 - He dies a similar death.

5:27 - Yes, she can refuse both: She can refuse to admit guilt and also refuse to drink the water. (After the Name of G-d is erased, she loses this option.)

6:4 - Chartzanim are seeds. Zagim are peels.

6:11 - He abstains from enjoying wine.

6:18 - It was placed on the fire under the pot in which the nazirsshelamim offering was cooked.

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